Standard Errors

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Standard Errors

While using our APIs, you may receive the following errors:

HTTP Response Code

Description

400 Bad Request

A required parameter was not specified or your request was otherwise improperly formed. See the body of the error response for more details. (For additional information on required parameters, see the documentation for each API.)

404 Not Found

The resource you requested does not exist.

500 Server Error

The request was successfully understood, but it could not be processed due to a server error. Please try your request again later, and contact us if the problem continues.

A response code of 200 (OK) is returned for all requests that are successfully understood and processed.

Other Errors

If you do not include your API key in your request, an error will be returned.

Errors specific to a particular API are described in the documentation for that API.